This has supported a wide range of new regional services and initiatives and created almost 800 new posts, four out of five of which are professional staff. The process of appointing 17 of 25 new consultant cardiologists is also under way. This will bring the total number of consultant cardiologists up from 29 to 46. The range of services being sponsored from within this funding is broad, including health promotion, primary care, pre-hospital care, hospital care, cardiac rehabilitation as well as information systems, audit and evaluation.